Reflective view supported by inventive personage (6)
I believe the answer is:
edison
'inventive personage' is the definition.
(Thomas Edison)
'reflective view supported by' is the wordplay.
'reflective' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'view' becomes 'side' (side is a kind of view).
'supported by' becomes 'on'.
'side' backwards is 'edis'.
'edis'+'on'='EDISON'
(Other definitions for edison that I've seen before include "Thomas --, US?inventor" , "Thomas Alva ......, great American inventor" , "Thomas ......, famous American inventor" , "Inventor of the carbon filament lamp, d. 1931" , "US inventor of phonograph, electric light etc." .)